English
Pronunciation
Phrase
(deprecated template usage ) how do you do?
( formal ) a greeting used meeting somebody. Alternatives are pleased to meet you and nice to meet you. Often not actually meant as a question (depends on the region).
1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna : Chapter 8:
"How do you do ?" began Pollyanna politely. "I'm from Miss Polly Harrington, and I'd like to see Mrs. Snow, please."
Translations
Phrase: how do you do
Abkhaz: ( to a woman ) бышҧаҟоу ( bəŝpaqʼow ) , ( to a man ) ушҧаҟоу ( uŝpaqʼow ) , ( to more than one person ) шәышҧаҟақоу ( ŝʷəŝpaqʼakow )
Arabic: تَشَرَّفْنَا ( tašarrafnā )
Catalan: encantat m , encantada f , encantat de coneixe't
Chinese: 你好、您好
Cantonese: 幸會 / 幸会 ( hang6 wui6 ) , 幸会 ( hang6 wui6 )
Mandarin: 幸會 / 幸会 (zh) ( xìnghuì ) , 幸会 (zh) ( xìnghuì ) , 初次見面 / 初次见面 , 初次见面 ( chūcì jiànmiàn ) , 請多關照 / 请多关照 (zh) ( qǐng duō guānzhào ) , 请多关照 (zh) ( qǐng duō guānzhào ) , 您好 (zh) ( nínhǎo )
Czech: těší mě
Dutch: hoe maakt u het
Estonian: kuidas läheb
Faroese: hvussu gongur
Finnish: hyvää päivää (fi)
French: enchanté (fr) m , enchantée (fr) f
Galician: encantado m
German: sehr erfreut , sehr angenehm , wie geht es dir (de)
Greek: χαίρω πολύ ( chaíro polý )
Hiligaynon: kamusta
Hungarian: örvendek , örvendek a szerencsének , örülök, hogy megismerhetem
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Indonesian: apa kabar? (id)
Italian: piacere di conoscerla m or f , come va , tutto bene
Japanese: 初めまして (ja) ( はじめまして, hajimemashite ) , ( very formal ) 始めてお目にかかります ( はじめておめにかかります, hajimete o-me ni kakarimasu ) , ご機嫌よう ( ごきげんよう, gokigen yō )
Korean: 안녕하십니까 ( annyeong-hasimnikka )
Latin: quid agis ? ( said to one person ) , quid agitis ? ( said to more than one person )
Macedonian: мило ми е ( milo mi e ) , драго ми е ( drago mi e )
Navajo: nizhónígo ałhééhosiilzįįd
Norwegian:
Bokmål: formal: gleder meg ((I am) pleased (to meet you) ), more informal: hyggelig å møte deg , hvordan har du det
Persian: از آشنایی شما خوشوقتم ( az ashenaeiyeh shoma khoshvaghtam )
Portuguese: muito prazer
Romanian: mă bucur să te cunosc , e o plăcere să te cunosc
Russian: о́чень прия́тно ( óčenʹ prijátno ) , как дела́? (ru) ( kak delá? ) , прия́тно познако́миться ( prijátno poznakómitʹsja )
Spanish: encantado (es) ( said by a male ) , encantada (es) ( said by a female ) , ¿cómo está usted?
Swedish: hur står det till ( formal ) , hur är det med dig ( informal )
Tagalog: kumusta (tl)
Noun
how do you do (plural how do you dos )
( UK , euphemistic ) A difficult situation
1993 , Nick Park, Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers :Well, this is a fine how do you do isn't it, Gromit?
2010 , Michael Sledge, The More I Owe You: A Novel , Counterpoint Press →ISBN , page 78
On the winding road to Petropolis, they did not speak, not about modernism or the construction of houses or antique bird jails or fine how-do-you-dos .
2013 , Chris Raschka, Seriously, Norman! , Scholastic Inc. →ISBN , page 115
"Vienna!" Mr. B. went on. "This is is a bit of a how-do-you-do , is it not?"